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News•Feb 27, 2026
ViVE 2026: The Federal Policies and Priorities Shaping Healthcare IT
The federal government unveiled a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, allocating $10 billion per year to states for preventive care, workforce development, and technology upgrades. HHS also announced stricter enforcement of information‑blocking rules, creating a portal for patient‑data complaints. Simultaneously, officials promoted a "try‑first" culture for AI, encouraging rapid deployment through regulation, reimbursement and research incentives. Industry leaders from Epic, CDW and MEDITECH pledged collaborative tools to help small hospitals leverage the new funds and AI‑driven virtual care.
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News•Feb 26, 2026
Healthcare Deals 2025: Notable Mergers & Acquisitions Activity
Healthcare M&A activity surged in 2025, with financial distress driving a record 43% of transactions. Regulatory scrutiny intensified, highlighted by California’s new law tightening oversight of private‑equity deals. Major deals included UnitedHealth’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys, Baptist Memorial’s $55 million purchase of...
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News•Feb 25, 2026
ViVE 2026: Change Management Is Key in Clinical Adoption of AI
At ViVE 2026, Tampa General Hospital highlighted that change management, not technology, is the primary barrier to clinical AI adoption among nurses. The hospital detailed its partnership with Microsoft to deploy an AI assistant that automatically populates custom nursing flow...
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News•Feb 25, 2026
Q&A: Nemours Children’s Health Expands Pediatric Care at Home
Nemours Children’s Health launched the Advanced Care at Home program, a virtual, technology‑enabled service that lets medically stable pediatric patients recover at home while receiving 24/7 clinical support. The model leverages Epic MyChart and a centralized command center to deliver...
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News•Feb 23, 2026
The Future of Senior Living Requires Better Care Coordination
PointClickCare’s senior‑care chief medical officer warns that senior‑living occupancy has surged to 90‑95%, rendering the old fee‑for‑service, staff‑driven model untenable. The industry must move from reactive emergency‑department transfers to proactive, in‑place care coordination. Success hinges on comprehensive digital resident records,...
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News•Feb 19, 2026
ViVE
ViVE 2025 convened leading health‑tech innovators to examine how security, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping digital health. Speakers highlighted AI‑driven diagnostics, robust cybersecurity frameworks, and interoperable platforms as essential for scaling patient‑centric care. The event also showcased...
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News•Feb 19, 2026
How Health Systems Reduce the Strain of Documentation Burden
Health systems are turning to cloud‑based generative AI to slash documentation overload. City of Hope deployed HopeLLM, an agentic large‑language‑model platform that creates concise medical‑history summaries in minutes, freeing clinicians from nightly “pajama time.” Providence built Provaria on Azure, using...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
Protecting a Healthcare Facility From All Angles
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation is piloting an AI‑driven predictive tool that scores inpatient threat levels using EHR data, social determinants and real‑time updates, alerting clinicians through the electronic health record. The system gives staff early awareness of potentially violent...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
How Smart Hospitals Push Forward From Pilot to Practice
Smart hospital rooms equipped with interactive displays, sensors, and AI are moving from pilot projects to core infrastructure in new builds and retrofits. The global market, valued at $67 billion in 2024, is expected to nearly triple by 2030 as health...
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News•Feb 12, 2026
Partnerships Push Innovation in the Aging Tech Space
The 2025 LeadingAge Annual Meeting highlighted the need to involve older adults directly in testing and adopting new care technologies. Louisville’s Thrive Center, partnered with CDW Healthcare and Asbury Communities, provides a functional smart‑home lab where seniors can trial solutions...
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News•Feb 11, 2026
Review: Box Facilitates Secure Collaboration for Healthcare Workers
Box Intelligent Content Management delivers a cloud‑based, zero‑trust platform tailored for healthcare’s strict security and compliance needs. The solution unifies over 1,500 integrations, enabling seamless collaboration between Office 365, Google Workspace and other systems while providing built‑in e‑signatures and workflow automation....
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Getting Smart With Virtual Assistants in Healthcare
Mayo Clinic launched an in‑house Nurse Virtual Assistant, a generative AI tool that instantly curates patient records and policy information for nurses. The initiative demonstrates a problem‑first approach, targeting clinician workflow inefficiencies rather than shoehorning technology. The article expands the...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
A Guide to Cloud Cost Optimization in Healthcare
Healthcare providers are grappling with rising, unpredictable cloud costs as AI‑driven workloads expand. Experts from AWS and Trend Micro stress a hybrid approach, placing latency‑critical patient data on‑premises while leveraging cloud elasticity for analytics and AI training. Successful cost control...
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